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Between Jay-Z, LL Cool J and Ice-T, no signs point downwards.
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Hip hop mogul Russell Simmons on why he won’t run scared from the economy, and why the best hires love getting everyone’s coffee.
Why Russell Simmons’ family members joke about his artistic talents.
If you think “Sony” or “Toyota” when you think of Japan, you might just be as clueless as I’ve been about “the nation’s postwar order, which relied on colossal public […]
Radovan Karadzic is making a mockery of efforts to strengthen courts’ ability to try and prosecute accused war criminals. Karadzic faces charges of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, […]
So wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald. To which Ernest Hemingway replied, “yes. They have more money.” Could they one day end up having more fingers? Toes? Brains? The economist Robert Frank […]
What happens if America and other rich nations like Japan and Britain default on their massive debts and end up bankrupt?
An American girl sparked an international rescue effort after she alerted British authorities about a teenager’s Facebook suicide note.
Chinese meteorologists have successfully induced artificial snow to fall in Beijing after chemically seeding clouds to combat lingering drought.
The bizarre mating rituals of sea horses are fascinating – and they are the only species in which the male becomes pregnant.
A short stroll through the International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago reminds us of the blood curdling medicine of yore.
Scientists have linked mental health problems like depression to the consumption of processed foods.
The Apple marketing department is taking subtle swipes at Microsoft via Google AdWords.
Wal-Mart and other US retailers have been accused of selling goods from farms that use child labor.
The Church of Scientology has elaborate means of preventing its leavers from spilling its secrets, according to ex-members.
For the first time an experimental drug to treat lupus has been found to be effective in a second round of clinical trials.
Steve Abrams wouldn’t advise dropping out of college, though it seemed to work for him. He got out of there a semester in, and is now successfully the owner of […]
John Irving came by Big Think to discuss his latest book, “Last Night in Twisted River,” and the craft of fiction writing. He explained that for each of his 12 […]
Maybe it’s because the healthcare debate has been getting so hot lately. Maybe the battle cries generated by Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth are inconveniently echoing off into the distance. Maybe […]